Removing blue hair dye.

Mar 25, 2015

Valkyrie F.

I've had my hair this colour for about 2 years so, I do think it's time for a change. I was wondering whether anyone had any neat tricks for removing colour from your hair? I've been washing my hair everyday with anti dandruff shampoo which has lightened my hair. I'll show you the difference in colour bellow.

Mar 25, 2015

Valkyrie F.

It's a little darker in person but it has obviously lightened.

Mar 25, 2015

Shanae J.

I've heard of vitamin c and peroxide doing the trick but of course, it would be a little damaging. I would just use color oops color stripper. I had to use color oops and then bleach the rest out, but mine was red.

Mar 25, 2015

Valkyrie F.

I've heard of that method too. I wasn't too sure how much it would remove of the colour and whether it'd worth it but it definitely something to consider. Thank you!

Mar 25, 2015

Shanae J.

Check out YouTube videos!

Mar 25, 2015

Alyx T.

Vitamin c powder definitely. But don't use peroxide or bleach, as it can cause it to stain by pushing the color further in.

I use the vitamin c method and it almost always gets me back to blonde. But you can color correct it to, by mixing a drop or two of the opposite color of your hair into conditioner and vitamin c. It really helps.

Mar 25, 2015

Shanae J.

Is there a vitamin c liquid, Alyx? I thought the reason for the peroxide was to make it liquid form.

Mar 26, 2015

Traci P.

I am trying to remove my bright red hair dye and am about to try the vitamin c thing later tonight. I have read you should mix it with shampoo though, not peroxide. I'll let you know if it works when I'm done. =)

Mar 26, 2015

Alyx T.

No, I don't think so. The vitamin c powder, or crushed up tablets, is mixed with shampoo or conditioner, and it basically absorbs into it and just makes a textured shampoo.
Then you put it on your hair, like normal shampoo,but make sure you coat the lengths too. And leave it on, then kinda scrub it while rinsing it out. The vitamin c absorbs the color and fades it, along with the shampoo.

Mar 26, 2015

Alyx T.

Be careful with those color strippers. They have bleach in them, so they can cause it to stain the hair shift, and may or may not work.

Mar 26, 2015

patty s.

What color do you plan to dye your hair?

Mar 26, 2015

Laura D.

White clay + baking soda + lemon juice + anti dandruff shampoo mixed together and used like a mask can help, but if you want to dye it With a light. Color, you Will need to bleach it

Mar 26, 2015

Alyx T.

Lemon juice can have the same effect As bleach, and cause staining. So please be careful and don't use any of those if you plan on going lighter and not black, or it'll stain and you'll have a permanent blue tint to your hair, even on dark brown hair.

Mar 26, 2015

Alyx T.

Again, veggie dyes should not be bleached. It can cause the pigment to be pushed further into the hair shaft and cause a stain. Blue is not easy to remove at all, it's very likely to stain with any bleach, including color oops (which 99% of the time doesn't remove veggie dye - even says on the box not to use it on it) and the only way to get rid of the stain is to cut it off. Even dying it black would end up with a permanent blue tint.

Mar 26, 2015

patty s.

Alyx T is right I tryed to remove the blue from my hair and I couldn't it just got very very damage I had to cut off 6 inches I dye purple and the results were a nice dark purple.

Mar 27, 2015

Macy O.

I just attempted to remove mine. it won't come out good luck. :/